The Playhouse presents The Wood of The Crows By Stan McGowan May 17th 2012 to May 18th 2012 £12.50, £15.00 The Playhouse is pleased to present the triumphant return of Stan McGowan’s highly acclaimed sell out show to the Millennium Forum. 
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King's Fool Productions presents Sitting up for Michael by James McAnespy May 19th 2012 Tickets £11/ £8 Michael's Died. Who's going to do the readings? Will there be a lock-in at Packie's? Why did he only get twenty Mass Cards? more Info & Booking 
Citizens Wallpaper Project A visual exhibition in The Playhouse Plaza about the Fountain and its Community May 21st 2012 to May 26th 2012 A visual exhibition about the Fountain and its Community more Info & Booking 
The Legend of Luke Kelly - featuring Chris Kavanagh May 25th 2012 Tickets: £15/ £12.50 Having just returned from an 11 date tour of Germany, where he performed as singer with Folk Legends, The Dubliners, Chris Kavanagh will bring his acclaimed ‘Legend of Luke Kelly more Info & Booking 
Brassneck Theatre Company presents A Night With George By Brenda Murphy & Donna O'Connor, Directed by Tony Devlin May 26th 2012 Tickets £11/ £9 Not every woman gets to spend a night with George Clooney, but Bridie Murphy does! more Info & Booking 
Salty Dogs Records presents Bronagh Gallagher- The album Launch May 31st 2012 Tickets £10 To Celebrate the Release of her stunning self-titled second album, singer and actress Bronagh Gallagher and her brilliant eight piece band come to The Playhouse more Info & Booking 
A MAC commission, Co-produced with ponydance presents Straight to DVD June 2nd 2012 Tickets £11/ £8 The fantastic ponydance hoof their way through words and dance, bringing you their interpretation of Saturday night television at its worst, ad breaks and all (except for the news more Info & Booking 
Moving on Music presents Furnace Mountain June 7th 2012 Tickets £11/ £8 Hailing from Viriginia, Furnace Mountain is the very best of authentic old-time American roots music. more Info & Booking 
Patrons of The Playhouse
The Playhouse Theatre and Conference Centre is proud to declare as Patrons the following ~
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JENNIFER JOHNSTON Irish novelist and winner of the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1977. |
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GABRIEL BYRNE Irish actor, film director, film producer and writer. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre and made his screen début in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. He has starred in over 35 feature films, such as The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing and Stigmata, in addition to writing two. |
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FRANK McGUINNESS |
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NIAMH CUSACK Actress Niamh Cusack initially trained to be a flautist at the Royal College of Music and she worked as a freelance musician with the RTE National Symphony and Concert Orchestra before she followed her sisters Sinead and Sorcha into acting. Niamh became a household name in 1992 when she played Dr. Kate Rowan in the popular ITV drama Heartbeat.
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SINEAD CUSACK Sinead is an Irish stage, television and film actress. She has received two Tony Award nominations: once for Best Leading Actress in Much Ado About Nothing (1985), and again for Best Featured Actress in Rock 'n' Roll (2008). |
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SORCHA CUSACK Sorcha has made many film and television appearances including The Bill, Casualty and the 1973 BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre. On the stage, she has appeared in Brian Friel's acclaimed Dancing at Lughnasa at the Garrick Theatre in London. |
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EVA BIRTHISTLE Eva Birthistle is best known for her role in Ae Fond Kiss. Eva trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. She has won the London Film Critics Circle Best British Actress of the Year award for 2004, and has twice won the IFTA (Irish Film and Tlevision Awards) Best Actor in a Leading Role (Film) award. |
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BRONAGH GALLAGHER Bronagh Gallagher is a locally born actress and singer. Her big break came with a role in Alan Parker's The Commitments, playing the main chanteuse of the band. A string of dramatic roles followed including getting the part of Trudi in Quentin Tarantino's seminal masterpiece Pulp Fiction in 1994. Equally at home on the stage, Bronagh has acted in productions at the Abbey in Dublin and the The Royal Court Theatre in London. Bronagh also enjoys a successful music career as a singer and drummer. |
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MARY PAT KELLY Mary Pat is an award winning American journalist, novelist, screenwriter and documentary maker with strong Irish connections. Her writings include the historical epic Galway Bay, the acclaimed story of the events surrounding the Irish Potato Famine and it's effect on the Kelly family. |
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GRIFF RHYS JONES Griff is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter and personality. In 2004 Griff first visited The Playhouse as part of the BBC landmark series “Restoration”. He came to national attention in Britain in the 1980s when he appeared in the BBC television comedy sketch series Not the Nine O'clock News and later with fellow comedian Mel Smith, Alas Smith and Jones. He went on to develop a career as a television presenter and writer, as well as continuing with acting work. |
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ROMA DOWNEY Roma's early acting career included a turn in the Abbey's acclaimed production of The Playboy of the Western World. The production led to a nomination during the Broadway run for the Helen Hayes Best Actress Award in 1991 from which Roma's popularity snowballed. Shortly after Roma gained the role of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in the 1991 U.S. TV 6 hour mini series A Woman Named Jackie which went on to win the Emmy award that year and led to her most famous role, as the Angel "Monica" on the CBS hit Touched by an Angel. |
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FIELD DAY THEATRE COMPANY Field Day Theatre Company was established in 1980 by playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea with the intention of establishing Derry/ Londonderry city as a theatrical centre. Their work was crucial, because what started out as desire to make local theatre available to a popular audience grew into a much larger political and cultural project. |
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